Colombia’s president announced on Monday night the beginning of a fresh round of peace talks, following the rejection the day before of a peace deal four years in the negotiation.

Juan Manuel Santos addressed the nation to say that he had chosen a three-person team to liaise with the No camp, comprising the chief negotiator, foreign minister and defence minister.

He insisted that the peace process would continue.

"We have to leave behind the resentment, hatred and polarisation that harms us so much," he said, speaking from the presidential palace and flanked by his closest allies in the Yes campaign. He said his three delegates had already opened communications with the three representing the No campaign, and that Farc had been kept informed.

Mr Santos's chief negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, had offered his resignation hours before. But Mr Santos refused to accept it and instead appointed him to the liaison team, working with the No camp to find a new way to reach a mutually-acceptable agreement.

He will be joined by Maria Angela Holguin, the foreign minister, and minister of defence Luis Carlos Villegas.

The No delegation will be comprised of Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who challenged Mr Santos for the presidency in 2014; Carlos Holmes Trujillo, a former interior minister who ran as Mr Zuluaga's vice presidential candidate, and Ivan Duque, a senator.